The popular restaurant and bar on Main street Edgartown, will soon be under new ownership. Owners Scott and Charlotte Caskey have an agreement to sell.

A proposal from an Island contractor to redevelop the Yellow House was easily approved Monday by a town subcommittee.

It’s been a banner year for bay scallops in Edgartown, with town selectmen voting this week to allow commercial scalloping on Saturdays through the end of the season.

Edgartown is one step closer to having a new steward for the Yellow House after one of two potential developers withdrew from the process Monday.

Edgartown selectmen approved a new utility pole and made appointments at a brief meeting Tuesday.

With a search now under way for a new police chief in Edgartown, tension inside the department has bubbled to the surface in a town that has long prided itself on having relatively few internal problems.

A long-planned project to pave Meeting House Way is moving along, Edgartown selectmen said Monday, although too slowly for some residents.

Town selectmen approved a single tax rate for all properties of $3.87 for every $1,000 worth of property.

Edgartown selectmen pushed back this week at a request from Sheriff Robert Ogden to have the town contribute funding to the Island communication center.

Potential bidders and other interested parties streamed through the old Yellow House in downtown Edgartown on Tuesday, getting an up-close look at the rundown property.